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100 1 $aMilner, Richard,$d1941-
245 10 $aDarwin's universe :$bevolution from A to Z /$cRichard Milner ; with a foreword by Ian Tattersall and a preface by Stephen Jay Gould.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2009.
300 $a487 p. :$bill. ;$c29 cm.
500 $a"The present book, Darwin's Universe, has evolved from two ancestral forms titled The Encyclopedia of Evolution, published in 1990 and 1993. It has been updated, revised, and enhanced with many new essays and illustrations"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 456-476) and index.
520 0 $aAuthoritative and abundantly illustrated, this book illuminates the ways in which ideas of evolutionary biology have leapt the boundaries of science to influence philosophy, law, religion, literature, cinema, art, and popular culture. Darwin's Universe, a thoroughly revised and updated successor to Richard Milner's acclaimed Encyclopedia of Evolution, contains more than a hundred new essays, including entries on animal behavior (Alex the parrot, Kanzi the bonobo, Digit the gorilla), on women in science (Mary Anning, Rosalind Franklin), and on the latest finds of human fossils.
505 00 $gForeword /$rby Ian Tattersall --$gPreface :$tAn Appreciation of Milner's Encyclopedia /$rby Stephen Jay Gould --$gIntroduction --$tEvolution from A to Z --$gAppendix.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)$vEncyclopedias.
600 10 $aDarwin, Charles,$d1809-1882$vEncyclopedias.
600 12 $aDarwin, Charles,$d1809-1882.
650 12 $aBiological Evolution$vEncyclopedias$xEnglish.
700 1 $aMilner, Richard,$d1941-$tEncyclopedia of evolution.
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